
3 Days of Design - Trend Report 2025
It’s the time of year when we pack a slightly warmer travel bag than usual and shift our gaze to Denmark – the revered haven of furniture, craft, and quiet design icons. 3daysofdesign is Nordic interiors at its pinnacle, a handful of heady days when Copenhagen is (even more) immersed in furniture and lifestyle delights. Over 500 renown Scandi and global brands join the line-up, alongside avant-garde new-names-to-know and everyone in between. The annual event floods into the city’s shops, streets, galleries and gathering spaces across eight districts, offering a bounty of decorative deliciousness to uncover and discover. Is it a festival? A platform? A full-blown interiors party? It’s all three!
The north-north is where some of the very best in products and ideas for the home are to be found, where designers and design lovers mingle as new product launches and fresh ideas burst into bloom. This year, pieces felt considered and meaningful, with brands often updating existing collections, celebrating their classics and highlighting the skill that goes into them, rather than producing for the sake of it.
For its 12th year, 3daysofdesign explored originality, authenticity and connection with the soul. “2025 honours individual expression and experiences, echoing our deep desire for a world that's more caring, inclusive, and conscious,” says Signe Byrdal Terenziani, the event’s Managing Director. “It’s a call to action to be true to your own vision. A celebration of one–of–a–kind originals.”
Join us as we soak up the relaxed, refined and refreshingly unique spirit of this year’s 3daysofdesign, take a look at the stand-outs and see where we’ll be going from here.
Colours of Copenhagen - Very Berry
Pigment at 3daysofdesign 2025 was ripe for the picking, with berry tones – from cranberry to plum, damson, blackberry and mulberry – waiting to be plucked from all over the city. This rich and full-bodied palette brought drama and depth to new collections, while layering in warmth, energy and personality. There’s an unmoving confidence to these hues, and this year they were scattered like juicy jewels across Copenhagen, and are soon to stain our homes in the best way.
The Fredericia showroom was awash with deep fruity shades which hinted at the heavy purple of the fig or grape, with a dash of currant to warm things up. Its new Bordeaux Gomo swivel Armchair by Hugo Passos and colour-coordinating circular Plan Table by Barber & Osgerby created a striking tone-on-tone setting for supper, while the boxy angles of the Jota Lounge Chair by Jasper Morrison in moody purple boldly stood out from its surroundings while also seeming to settle into the shadows.
Michael Anastassiades’ After series for Fritz Hansen launched in two finishes, a raw oiled ash wood, and a single, standout colour – deep Burgundy lazur. The rounded table features a wine-red Rosso Levanto marble top, while the armchair is available in a matching tone that echoes the intensity of the stone.
Louis Poulsen’s update of its classic and much loved Panthella portable light this year came in a quiet green, as well as doused in gloriously gleaming Burgundy, rendering the rounded design mouthwateringly cherry-like and waiting to be picked.
Gubi’s reintroduction of Carlo De Carli’s Poltrona Tria Lounge Chair from 1973 pairs curvy rattan with two plump cushions in dark red Bordeaux-esque upholstery, the shade creating a feel that’s both calmly organic as well as luxurious and indulgent.
Colours of Copenhagen - Dappled Sunlight
As we traversed the 3daysofdesign showcases, there seemed to be a golden, sunny hue following us around that we could sometimes only catch out of the corner of our eye. Smatterings of the warm, vibrant tone were dotted around the event, in hazy, water colour-style speckles, appearing as part of a pattern, on a piece tucked into the corner, or shining out from amongst neutrals. Traces of yellow are here to bring a whisper of bold colour to our homes – and with it, a hint of optimism we all could do with.
It started at &Tradition’s showroom. A yellow Inland chair by Anderssen & Voll poised and a gallery wall serving as a tribute to the brand’s defining designs – early sketches on aged, yellowing paper, punctuated with contemporary blocks of yellow to pull it all into the present, and spread a mellow radiance through the room.
At chez Fredericia, a dining corner was dedicated to the tone, colouring its Plan chairs by Barber & Osgerby as well as an overhead pendant in shades of sunshine, a true-to-life scene that demonstrated just how uplifting the hue can be.
At Vitra, the sunny shade emerged as a key motif, a thick stripe where yellow meets a neutral in a pairing that felt both vibrant and bright as well as organic and soothing. Whether fully upholstered onto a sofa or as a single accent cushion, the golden bands felt fresh against the nude base tone that, in many ways, seemed its polar opposite.
A similar contrast played out in Muuto’s space. Though yellow made only a modest appearance via a mottled pattern on a Connect Modular Sofa by Anderssen & Voll, the colour entered like sunlight diffused through gauzy curtains or early morning mist. It was a yellow that flickered in and out of view, often catching the eye in a subtle, did-I-just- see-that? kind of way.
Meanwhile, Verpan introduced the Wire Ø18 Portable Lamp, its spiralling frame updated 50 years after its original inception into a cordless edition, now coloured in white and the dazzling hues of yellow, orange and red – casting a warm glow that feels both nostalgic and joyfully fresh.
Colours of Copenhagen - Olive Outlook
The natural hue taking hold of the Nordic interiors sphere? Olive. A tone that’s very much on the pigmented side of things yet understated, it’s a shade that’s profoundly grounding. Think of it as green at its most grown-up. Neither bold nor bashful, this year’s olive tones seeped into furniture, finishes and fabrics across the festival, casting a cool, collected mood we’re very ready to bring into our homes.
At the Muuto showroom, a large olive green Rest sofa greeted visitors as the sole point of colour in a room otherwise filled with sand, cream, and timber objects (though notably supported by a rather beautiful electric lilac wall and curtain – note to self…). The green spoke of the earth and the natural world, and despite its heaviness, slipped almost under the radar due to its organic base.
The sumptuously filled, rounded cushions of the modular Hi Lo sofa by Anderssen & Voll at &Tradition almost evoked the form of the oval stone fruit. It’s yellowy green Mylla fabric stood out boldly among the rest of the collection’s more restrained palette of black, white, and mild blue, the memorable hue conjuring thoughts of Mediterranean hillsides and softly shaded groves.
Audo Copenhagen launched the Nook table series by Krøyer-Sætter-Lassen in all sorts of shapes and sizes for a whole host of uses. The palette of the collection is Olive, Ivory, Sand and Black – the green shade leaking into the neutral scheme as a nod to the table’s indoor-outdoor versatility.
It was the same story at Carl Hansen & Søn with its much-loved Embrace Outdoor Series by EOOS, and at Fredericia with its J39 Chair by Børge Mogensen – spot the green among the neutrality? All signs suggest that olive is no longer an accent colour, but is peacefully establishing itself as a new foundational neutral.
Made to measure - Dark Bark
We’re in Scandinavia. Of course, there’s going to be wood. But this year it was precisely the opposite of what the region has become known (and envied) for of late. Darkness. Dark, dark wood, a far cry away from the pale ash, oak and birch we’ve come to expect. At 3daysofdesign, deeper timber tones were impossible to ignore – adding weight, intensity and a sense of permanence that felt like a clear departure from the breezy minimalism of days gone by
Gubi’s two relaunches both centre around dark timber; the 70s-designed Poltrona Tria Lounge Chair and 60s Tavolo a Dischi table both by Carlo De Carli. The lounge chair brings our attention to dark brown rattan, which truly stands out from the rattan crowds with its chocolatey tone, while the walnut of the table brings a grounded richness to its architectural frame.
The addition to the beloved Beetle collection by GamFratesi, the generously padded Beetle Soft, is also supported by a dark timber shell, the slimness of the wooden base muting the impact of the shadowy shade as it nestles an even-more- comfortable seat in place.
Modern day Carl Hansen & Søn is often synonymous with beautiful, delicate pale timber. Not anymore, as demonstrated by the brand’s exhibition, Framing Compositions, which shone a light on the company’s furniture across different eras. Heritage pieces of all ages were highlighted with giant – exquisitely constructed – frames guiding you through each piece. Dark wood also appeared throughout new furniture on show, with rich walnut making up the ND55 Coffee Table, the frame of the BM1106 Hunting Table by Børge Mogensen.’
Made to Measure - Chrome Sweet Chrome
What’s that casting cool reflections throughout Copenhagen? Copper? Rose gold? Matt black? Ah, we’ve finally found our way back to silvery chrome, the chicest and most classic of the interior metals, and furniture creatives are making the most of its slightly understated nature. Chrome made a quiet but confident return, woven gently through furniture and lighting collections as well as covering entire objects in with boom-I’m- back-baby energy.
The silvery surface trickled in slowly as an accent on furniture first, used more decoratively on Fritz Hansen’s newly relaunched PK3 chairs – a 1954 Poul Kjærholm design – as a part decorative, part functional steel piece holding the seat’s two halves in place.
In lighting, the I-Model Cordless pendant by Anour in brushed or polished stainless-steel hangs in the air like a slash, its linear shape a streak of brightness akin to a minimal piece of jewellery, while Louis Poulsen’s update to its 1958-designed PH Snowball by Poul Henningson features a sliver of silver running through its core. Norm Architects’ Chancery Pendant Lamp for Audo Copenhagen also lifts chrome on high, its sculptural brushed aluminium concentric rings leading the eye to a glowing bulb sheltered pearl- like within.
Then there were some products which went all out on the chrome tone, dousing themselves fully in chic silver finishes. The smooth, body-hugging curves of Muuto’s Dream Bench by Lise Vester in polished stainless steel reflects light at different angles, making it feel even more surreal.
Timber with Edge
How to add some bite to the beauty of smooth, grained timber? The answer at this year’s 3daysofdesign was – with black. Paired with timber every which way you looked, the combination feels both grounded and graphic, softening the severity of black while lending natural wood an unexpected, contemporary twist – restrained, yes, but with just enough tension to keep things interesting.
Carl Hansen & Søn’s Ch621 Swivel Chair by Hans J. Wegner pairs black upholstery with a shapely oak seat and suspended back rest, the dark tone softened – quite literally – in fabric and cushioning, as well as by the honeyed timber hue it contrasts against, and the piece’s light frame.
The brand combines the duo across much of its new range, including the AB019 Wall Desk by Anker Bak with its laminated black top and oiled oak drawer, and the BM0121 Dining Table by Børge Mogensen with its rather eyebrow-raising black extension leaf sitting in the middle of the circular oak top.
Fredericia’s feeling the same as it relaunches Nanna Ditzel’s Bench for Two with its undulating patterned black-and-maple veneer backrests.
The Future Icon
Alder Collection, Patricia Urquiola for Mater
As well as an item of timeless, shapely beauty, the Alter Table Collection is made from a mix of biodegradable plastic and coffee shell or wood waste, materials created to eventually return back into nature, representing the kind of sustainable thinking set to lead future design.
The Comeback King
Series 270 F Armchair by Verner Panton for Verpan
An adventure into modularity and modernism via bent and lacquered birch plywood, the Series 270 F Armchair is an ode to visual lightness. The sleek piece at once takes up a hefty portion of space as well as being a mere barely-there whisper, both bold as well as demurely understated.